Hammond ParkThe Hammond Park Stingrays ended their season with a 273-215 loss to Spring Lake. Eric Scholz earned three first-place wins for all of the Stingrays' meets, finishing the season with an undefeated record. The six-and-under relay team pulled...

Meadowbrook, 315; Forest Hill, 171
In their fourth dual meet of the season, the Forest Hill Frogs held the lead after two events. The Meadowbrook Tomatoes then turned on the heat and defeated the Frogs, 315-171. It was a fun and competitive meet for all....

Veteran center Chris Kaman will not return to the Lakers after one season.
On Thursday, Kaman reached a verbal agreement to join the Portland Trail Blazers for two seasons (at approximately $10 million).
Teams can negotiate with free agents but cannot...

Phil Jackson wasn't overly visible Tuesday at Staples Center, hanging out in a luxury suite in a corner across from the New York Knicks' bench.
Probably better that way for him.
His former team drilled his new team, the Lakers bashing New York,...

For two straight games, Steve Nash left early with back, knee and hamstring issues, all related to the chronic nerve root irritation that has kept him out of the Lakers' lineup for most of the season.
"It's pretty much the same thing. It was...

It doesn't take a numerologist to figure out the unevenness of the Lakers' roster. Or their season.
The Lakers have played 30 games. They've used 15 starting lineups. None of their players has started every game this season.
It sounds a lot like the...

SALT LAKE CITY — This was supposed to be the easy part of the Lakers' schedule.
Simple, really. Get closer to .500 with a slew of games against teams already deeply embedded in draft lottery odds.
But the Lakers might be one of those lottery teams...

OAKLAND — Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash didn't join the Lakers on their trip but it somehow got worse.
Pau Gasol couldn't even leave his hotel room Saturday because of an upper-respiratory infection.
To say the Lakers were injury-riddled, short-handed,...

OAKLAND -- Already short-handed, the Lakers will play Golden State tonight without Pau Gasol.
Gasol had one of his best games of the season Friday against Minnesota, but has been sidelined a day later because of an upper respiratory infection.
Chris...

Back spasms sidelined Chris Kaman for a stretch in late November but when he improved, Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni left the veteran center out of the rotation.
On Friday night, Kaman played his first significant minutes in a month, contributing to a...

Oklahoma City Thunder 122, Lakers 97 (final)
The Thunder made short work of the Lakers on Friday night, coasting to a 25-point win.
Forward Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 31 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals. Point guard...

SACRAMENTO — What Steve Nash described as "an obviously pretty horrible 13 months for me" could be nearing an end for the veteran point guard.
Or not.
"I might not be able to play anymore, I might have to yo-yo it or I might be...

The Lakers lost Dwight Howard, but then their free-throw shooting improved drastically.
Actually, no.
They were 28th in the NBA in free-throw accuracy as of last week, almost as bad as last season despite no longer employing the...

There's only one thing to say about the Lakers and back-to-back sets.
Three down, 16 to go.
The Lakers have been dreadful on the second night of consecutive games this season, getting blown out by 31 in Golden State, losing to the Anthony Davis Show...

HOUSTON — Sorry, Lakers theorists.
Kobe Bryant won't be hunting Grizzlies next week.
When he sent out a cryptic Twitter dispatch on Tuesday with "blackout" and "bearhunt" phrases, the latter set off Lakers fans, Bryant...

An NBA coach has 240 minutes to parcel out to his players in a regulation game.
Most teams settle into eight or nine guys who play the majority of the minutes. So far this season, Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni is running an unorthodox 11-man rotation.
...

Chris Kaman knows the Clippers.
He spent eight seasons with them, an eternity among so many losing seasons (seven), but he was an All-Star in 2010 before being traded in the Chris Paul deal a year later.
The Clippers dominated the Lakers last season,...